Thursday, May 03, 2007

I was for it before it went away

Presidential candidate John Edwards, the man whose rhetoric implies that it isn't the government's job to fix the mess it made in New Orleans, has talked about the "war on terror" as much as the next politician. But suddenly, he has removed all references to it from his website, and says that the term "has created a frame that is not accurate," and that he now believes there is not really a global war on terror.

No kidding. But it was not that long ago that Edwards thought it was just fine and dandy. But if a "populist" can get a $400 haircut, why can't he suddenly change his mind about the existence of a war on terror?